Responses of oval butterflyfish to the dummies mimicking a tail-up and a normal postures. 

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Shot Date: 1991/07
Shot Location: Kuroshima Is., Okinawa, Japan

species
Chaetodon lunulatus

Key Words
signal
display
coral reef fish



Shinji Yabuta
2007/10/11 submitted



Animalia >Chordata >Osteichthyes >Perciformes >Chaetodontidae >Chaetodon >

The butterflyfish forms monogamous pair bonds and each pair defends a territory against conspecifics. Two types of dummies were presented to the butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunulatus, in their home territories: one mimicking the fish in a tail-up posture and the other in a normal posture.

(Data No.momo071010cl01b)

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